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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finchley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New roofs constructed | 5 | 8 | — | 1 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Roofs repaired | 163 | 104 | 71 | 60 | 89 | 83 | 37 | 71 | 169 | 307 |
| Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired | 81 | 84 | 34 | 2 I | 35 | 31 | 20 | 27 | 69 | 141 |
| Stack pipes provided, repaired or unstopped | 76 | 27 | 4 | 8 | J4 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 34 | 83 |
| Stack pipes disconnected from drains | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Damp walls remedied | 204 | 77 | 56 | 27 | 27 | 37 | 26 | 16 | 85 | 162 |
| Walls repointed, repaired or underpinned | 94 | 60 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 42 | 89 |
| Chimney pots provided' | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cowl provided | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Chimney stacks repaired | 5 | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ventilation under floors provided or vent. openings unstopped | 32 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | — | 9 | 9 |
| Yards paved | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Paving of yards repaired | 68 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 12 |
| Floors of rooms relaid | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 6 |
| Floors of rooms repaired | 121 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 59 | 65 |
| Rooms cleansed, distempered or repapered | 1,090 | 390 | 259 | 245 | 245 | 228 | 201 | J78 | 259 | 596 |
| Plasterwork repaired | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 227 | 465 |
| Means of ventilation to rooms provided | J3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Windows repaired and/or made to open | 427 | 120 | 25 | 10 | 81 | 80 | 43 | 33 | 112 | 223 |
| New windows provided | 18 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| New sash cords provided | 686 | 232 | 63 | 22 | 15 | 86 | 51 | 60 | 144 | ?&5 |
| Window sills repaired or provided | 35 | 31 | 7 | — | 3 | l7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 65 |
| Doors provided or repaired | 77 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 65 |
| Doorsteps provided or repaired | 59 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 12 |
| Artificial lighting to staircases provided | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Natural lighting to staircases provided | 146 | 42 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Handrails to staircases provided | 49 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Staircases repaired | 53 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| Ventilated food stores provided | 24 | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| New ranges and stoves provided | 93 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | / | 7 | 14 | 23 |
| Ranges and stoves repaired | 144 | 52 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 54 | 70 |
| Coppers provided | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Coppers repaired | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Workrooms (including bakehouses.) cleansed and repaired | 36 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| Fish frying premises cleansed | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Meat shops cleansed | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cisterns provided | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered | 22 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | L3 | 19 |
| Water supply provided | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Water service pipes repaired | 10 | 22 | 30 | l9 | 47 | 15 | 17 | 34 | 23 | 76 |
| Movable sanitary dustbins provided | 132 | 60 | 30 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 55 | 48 | 73 | 134 |
| Offal bins provided | 6 | 7 | 6 | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Nuisances from keeping of animals abated | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Stables cleansed | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |